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Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by lmm » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 10:46 AM UTC

ianal_uanal wrote: post #123

trymas wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> And ultimately, the relevant team never responded, hoping that I would simply forget about it or give up. > However, if we want the GPL to retain its power, this is precisely what we cannot do. One of the most important things. IANAL and not an expert on licenses, but what's the point of GPL if it does not protect itself and the code it's applied to?

s/GPL/copyright/g and you get your answer.

No you don't. There's no point copyrighting something if you don't intend to enforce your copyright.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by emerongi » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 10:52 AM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #145

legulere wrote: post #139

As a european I find this totally ridiculous. 500 square meter house? That's enough for an apartment building with 10 units. Wifi won't be the only problems that are caused by such a waste of resources. How are those problems making your life better? Here DSL router/modems by AVM (Fritz!box) are really common and they do their job extraordinarily well for being consumer grade hardware. They also regularly get regular…

Come on, 50sqm are barely enough for one person to live in. That said, yes, 70sqm is pretty okay, and 500 is just overkill. Our "fits a family of four comfortably" size is 200sqm, I can't imagine what one would do with more than doubling that. Cleaning would be a pain. Also, software-wise, my Tomato-based router does everything described in the post, and I haven't had a single problem yet. It cost $100 (but it doesn'…

50sqm for one person is more than enough where I live. I grew up in a household of four in a 60sqm apartment and it was totally fine.

I've lived alone in 30sqm apartments and 60sqm apartments. Haven't seen much of a difference, besides that having more than 2 people over in a 30sqm apartment gets claustrophobic.

500sqm house seems totally ridiculous to me.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by IshKebab » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 10:54 AM UTC

I wish he/they would use '2.4 GHz' and '5 GHz' instead of '2G' and '5G' which are already things. That's definitely going to cause confusion.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by twr » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:03 AM UTC

finnn wrote: post #7

Since we're all saying nice things about Ubiquiti, I feel obliged to point out that they are actively violating the GPL: http://libertybsd.net/ubiquiti/

Author's claim about ag7240-eth.ko seems incorrect. Running `strings` on it shows "license=Dual BSD/GPL". It's unlikely that the GPL license was chosen.

Current firmware downloads contain the uboot source code.

Based on the email quotes, Ubiquiti did violate the GPL. It hasn't been proven that they are actively doing so.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by dajohnson89 » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:30 AM UTC

legulere wrote: post #139

As a european I find this totally ridiculous. 500 square meter house? That's enough for an apartment building with 10 units. Wifi won't be the only problems that are caused by such a waste of resources. How are those problems making your life better? Here DSL router/modems by AVM (Fritz!box) are really common and they do their job extraordinarily well for being consumer grade hardware. They also regularly get regular…

Maybe he's building a spaceship, has a family of 10, throws big parties, or he just wants a big fucking house. Europeans have mansions. It's a continent famous for its castles!

It just seems arrogant of you to criticize his decision to buy a large house without knowing anything about him. I live in a space not much larger than 2-3 walk in closets, and after a year of this shit, I wish I lived in a goddamn mcmansion.

Europe iirc has in general really good internet speeds. In america anyways, it's sometimes about squeezing the most out of your shitty overpriced connection.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by ssalazar » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:31 AM UTC

noja wrote: post #86

duopixel wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP made no moral claim, just stated unreferenced facts.

Nothing is so black and white. If you point out that others are engaging in bad behaviour, then it makes that bad behaviour look less bad.

I had the opposite reaction, that the poster was implying the HN zeitgeist should be raking these companies over the coals also.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by infinite8s » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:36 AM UTC

lmm wrote: post #151

ianal_uanal wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

s/GPL/copyright/g and you get your answer.

No you don't. There's no point copyrighting something if you don't intend to enforce your copyright.

You don't have to copyright it. Anything you produce us automatically copyrighted. What people forget is that the GPL is a way to get around the default lack of distribution and replication rights in ordinary copyright.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by dajohnson89 » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:38 AM UTC

tbrock wrote: post #85

dlgeek wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The AC access points are UniFi unless you have some now-discontinued product.

I meant the unifi switches and routers

Then why did you say you never tried the unifi stuff?

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by lmns » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

eltoozero wrote: post #147

StavrosK wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come on, 50sqm are barely enough for one person to live in. That said, yes, 70sqm is pretty okay, and 500 is just overkill. Our "fits a family of four comfortably" size is 200sqm, I can't imagine what one would do with more than doubling that. Cleaning would be a pain. Also, software-wise, my Tomato-based router does everything described in the post, and I haven't had a single problem yet. It cost $100 (but it doesn'…

Are you going to deploy/support Tomato for your customers/family? Insert DD-WRT/OpenWRT here and then give up and get a MikroTik since you can actually eat your own dog food.

LEDE / OpenWRT actually are quite nice if (and only if) your hardware is supported by free drivers. With proprietary drivers, of course, not so much.

My TP-Links with OpenWRT (I know, I should upgrade to LEDE) are probably much more stable than any other networking gear I've ever owned. Everything is old 802.11n gear powered by ath9k.

But if you aren't into flashing your own firmwares, MikroTik is fine too. I use a pair of SXT 5 lites and the uptime (yes, even wireless uptime!) is approaching 100d.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

eltoozero wrote: post #147

StavrosK wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come on, 50sqm are barely enough for one person to live in. That said, yes, 70sqm is pretty okay, and 500 is just overkill. Our "fits a family of four comfortably" size is 200sqm, I can't imagine what one would do with more than doubling that. Cleaning would be a pain. Also, software-wise, my Tomato-based router does everything described in the post, and I haven't had a single problem yet. It cost $100 (but it doesn'…

Are you going to deploy/support Tomato for your customers/family? Insert DD-WRT/OpenWRT here and then give up and get a MikroTik since you can actually eat your own dog food.

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